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Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve

25 May, 01 PM - 28 May, 05 AM

The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) is an important apex predator along the coast of California. An increase in sea otter mortality along the central California coast has been attributed to a growing number of white shark bites. White sharks are known to feed on pinnipeds with blubber, especially elephant seals, and a large number of stranded otters are bitten but not consumed. The recent increase in the elephant seal population in central California may be attracting white sharks locally, where otters are bitten mistakenly. Our goal is to determine the species and size class(s) of sharks that are increasingly biting otters.

Visit #28671 @Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve

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Under Project # 25359 | Research

White shark coastal distribition and pinniped interactions

professional - Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

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Group of 2 Research Scientist/Post Doc May 25 - 28, 2012 (4 days)

Group of 2 Volunteer May 25 - 28, 2012 (4 days)

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